Nutrition

Good Fats, Bad Fats, Drive Me Half Mad Fats

Working with the synergy of my method you develop mindfulness. Mindfulness, it is exactly as it sounds. It is a presence, a pure attention to what you are doing, saying or experiencing.  That mindfulness translates into educating yourself and being responsible for the food choices you make. That means read labels and understand the effects that all types of food and additives have on your blood sugars.  It also means reflecting on the ethics and quality of in those choices.  A question that is often posed to me and is often a topic of heated discussion is should I eat vegetarian or eat meat?

I don’t hold judgment on the choice of either and though there have been periods of time in my life that I have lived as a vegetarian, I eat meat. I do however find the arguments compelling regarding the ethical treatment of animals. I think it is time that we as a culture have the responsibility to “wake up”, be mindful and look hard at all of the choices we make on a daily basis and that includes what is on our dinner plate. To me that means “free range” and “organic”. This means not caged and tortured and shot full of growth hormones and antibiotics, but animals given free range to live as nature intended and then terminated ethically. The result is not only the ethical treatment of these animals, but free-range game has far less saturated fat and more essential fatty acids and is in line with a healthy diet close to the one our hunter-gatherer ancestors enjoyed for thousands of years.

This is an important subject covered in my seminars.  For starters, stay away from trans fats, omega 6 vegetable oils, high fructose corn syrup and all refined, processed and puffed grain and flour products. Eat plenty of fiber, choose low glycemic index carbohydrates (most fresh vegetables), lean protein, omega 3 rich foods and cook with olive oil.